FIFA Boss Attempts to Empathize: 'I Feel Gay, I Feel Like a Migrant Worker'

Contents:

• FIFA PRINT GIANNI INFANTO AT WORLD CUP: ‘TODAY I FEEL GAY, I FEEL DISABLED, I FEEL A MIGRANT WORKER’
• FIFA BOSS GIANNI INFANTO SLAMS WORLD CUP CRICS BIZARRE SPEECH: 'I FEEL QATARI, I FEEL ARAB, I FEEL GAY'
• FIFA BOSS ATTEMPTS TO EMPATHIZE: ‘I FEEL GAY, I FEEL LIKE A MIGRANT WORKER’
• 'I FEEL GAY, ARAB AND DISABLED': FIFA BOSS INFANTO'S BIZARRE FENCE OF QATAR AHEAD OF WORLD CUP

FIFA PRINT GIANNI INFANTO AT WORLD CUP: ‘TODAY I FEEL GAY, I FEEL DISABLED, I FEEL A MIGRANT WORKER’

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Readg the Game newsletter sent straight to your box for eeSign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s ee weekly newsletter Fifa print Gianni Infanto claimed “today I feel gay” as he sld Wtern media for givg “moral lsons” about the ntroversial Qatar World a bizarre hour-long monologue, Infanto lashed out at the World Cup’s crics for hypocrisy, claimed “nobody r” about disabled people, and pared his own childhood experience of beg bullied to the sufferg of workers and others at the hands of the Qatari has been wily cricised for explog untold thoands of migrant workers, mostly lured om impoverished parts of south Asia, to build the stadiums and astcture to host the World Cup. In addn, Qatar’s suabily to host the tournament has been qutned bee the nservative Islamic natn outlaws homosexualy between men and LGBT+ fan groups have warned they would not feel safe the of the openg game of the tournament on Sunday, Infanto – who was re-elected this week as print of football’s erng body unopposed – ma an extraordary attack on those cricisms, doublg down on Fifa’s choice of Qatar as World Cup hosts.

Today I feel gay. “Of urse I am not Qatari, I am not an Arab, I am not Ain, I am not gay, I am not disabled. The Mlim untry of Qatar, host of the 2022 World Cup, has taken cricism for s sharia laws agast homosexualy and s mistreatment of migrant workers.

FIFA BOSS GIANNI INFANTO SLAMS WORLD CUP CRICS BIZARRE SPEECH: 'I FEEL QATARI, I FEEL ARAB, I FEEL GAY'

Now, FIFA Print Gianni Infanto is takg cricism for belatedly exprsg sympathy wh gays and downtrodn migrant workers Qatar wh an addrs where he exclaimed that he “feels gay” and “feels like a migrant worker” direct ntraventn to the host of the World Cup’s much-rid polici, Rters reported.

He add that he knows he isn’t a Qatari, he isn’t gay, or an Ain, “But I feel like bee I know what means to be discrimated, to be bullied, as a foreigner a foreign untry. Infanto immediately took cricism — pecially om the gay muny — bee he isn’t gay and uld make such remarks ee om arrt by Qatar for jt that reason. But FIFA’s director of media relatns, Bryan Swanson, an out gay man, disagreed wh the cricism.

FIFA BOSS ATTEMPTS TO EMPATHIZE: ‘I FEEL GAY, I FEEL LIKE A MIGRANT WORKER’

“I’m stg here a privileged posn on a global stage as a gay man here Qatar. “Jt bee Gianni Infanto is not gay do not mean he do not re.

And most pecially, sharia law mak homosexualy illegal. The head of FIFA has been cricised for a bizarre speech fendg Qatar ahead of the World Cup, which he said he feels gay, Arab and disabled, among several other inti.

Qatar has been slammed for s treatment of gay people and mori, but FIFA chief Gianni Infanto said on Saturday that European people should not judge other add that he unrstood what was like to face discrimatn bee he had red hair and eckl as a of the openg game of the tournament on Sunday, Mr Infanto said: "We have told many, many lsons om some Europeans, om the wtern Italian add: "I thk for what we Europeans have been dog the last 3, 000 years we should be apologisg for next 3, 000 years before startg to give moral lsons to people. "Of urse I am not Qatari, I am not an Arab, I am not Ain, I am not gay, I am not disabled. AL RAYYAN, Qatar, Nov 19 (Rters) - FIFA Print Gianni Infanto raised eyebrows on Saturday when he attempted to show empathy wh margalised groups by tellg reporters Qatar 'I feel gay ...

'I FEEL GAY, ARAB AND DISABLED': FIFA BOSS INFANTO'S BIZARRE FENCE OF QATAR AHEAD OF WORLD CUP

Brgs me back to my personal story."Infanto then tailed how he had grown up as the child of migrant workers Swzerland and had been bullied for his accent and for havg red hair and eckl."Of urse, I am not Qatari, I am not an Arab, I am not Ain, I am not gay, I am not disabled," he later add.Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 - FIFA Print Prs Conference - Ma Media Center, Doha, Qatar - November 19, 2022 FIFA print Gianni Infanto durg a prs nference REUTERS/Matthew Childs Acquire Licensg Rights"But I feel like , bee I know what means to be discrimated, to be bullied, as a foreigner a foreign untry."LGBT rights have been a touchstone issue for crics of the tournament bee same-sex relatns are illegal and punishable by up to three years of jail-time Qatar."Judgg by social media, your ments that you feel gay has ed some surprise to many the gay muny," one journalist later noted before askg Infanto a qutn."Bee, they are sayg, that if you really were gay you would not be able to say that bee you would be admtg to effectively illegaly."FIFA's director of media relatns Bryan Swanson, however, nclud the news nference wh a personal msage of support for his boss."I've seen a lot of cricism of Gianni Infanto sce I've joed FIFA, particular om the LGBTI muny," he said."I'm stg here a privileged posn on a global stage as a gay man here Qatar. Jt bee Gianni Infanto is not gay, do not mean he do not re.